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Sustainable Development and Enterprise: Do Foreign Investors Care (2024)
Journal Article
Syed, Z., Eskandari, R., Yazdifar, H., & Ogundele, B. 0. (2024). Sustainable Development and Enterprise: Do Foreign Investors Care. #Journal not on list, 15(4), 550-572. https://doi.org/10.1504/JIBED.2023.138091

Do foreign investors care about promoting sustainable entrepreneurship and development? We find little evidence indicating that they do care. Our findings suggest foreign investors prefer nations with less punitive carbon emission regimes. Another wo... Read More about Sustainable Development and Enterprise: Do Foreign Investors Care.

Deploying the Hybrid Project Management Methodology Framework in Major Transportation Projects in the United Kingdom (2024)
Journal Article
Leyba, A., Rana, M. Q., Salazar, A. M., Saini, M., & Oladinrin, O. T. (2024). Deploying the Hybrid Project Management Methodology Framework in Major Transportation Projects in the United Kingdom. Journal of Architectural Engineering Technology, 13(2), https://doi.org/10.4172/2168-9717.1000377

This paper introduces a proposed Hybrid Project Management Methodology Framework, tailored for Project Managers engaged in overseeing large-scale road transport projects in the United Kingdom. Through a mixed-method approach comprising of a comprehen... Read More about Deploying the Hybrid Project Management Methodology Framework in Major Transportation Projects in the United Kingdom.

Critical Success Factors in Large-Scale Agile Software Development (2024)
Journal Article
Salazar, A. M., Rana, M. Q., Leyba, A., Saini, M., & Oladinrin, O. T. (2024). Critical Success Factors in Large-Scale Agile Software Development. Journal of Architectural Engineering Technology, 13(2), https://doi.org/10.4172/2168-9717.1000379

This study delves into the burgeoning trend of deploying agile software development (ASD) on large-scale software projects, aiming to establish critical success factors (CSFs) to tackle associated implementation challenges. Through a comprehensive re... Read More about Critical Success Factors in Large-Scale Agile Software Development.

The Determinants of Startups and the Impact on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): A Case Study on the Israeli Economy (2024)
Thesis

This interdisciplinary study examines the long-term causality relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows into a country and innovative startups. This study further examines the influence of latent variables related to the founders a... Read More about The Determinants of Startups and the Impact on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): A Case Study on the Israeli Economy.

Does Board Diversity Mitigate Risk? The Effect of Homophily and Social Ties on Risk-Taking in Financial Institutions (2024)
Journal Article
Alzayed, N., Batiz-Lazo, B., & Eskandari, R. (2024). Does Board Diversity Mitigate Risk? The Effect of Homophily and Social Ties on Risk-Taking in Financial Institutions. Research in International Business and Finance, 70(A), 102306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102306

Research Question/Issue This study investigates whether greater board diversity and looser social network ties have an impact on board independence and risk-taking in US financial institutions from 2010 to 2022.The... Read More about Does Board Diversity Mitigate Risk? The Effect of Homophily and Social Ties on Risk-Taking in Financial Institutions.

Contractual opportunism in public procurement practice: the three tests (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Vašek, J., Harnach, J., & Kelly, S. (2024, March). Contractual opportunism in public procurement practice: the three tests. Paper presented at The 33rd Annual International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association Conference, Rio de Janeiro

Public sector buyers seek to put contracts in place that give them adaptation options and minimise supplier opportunism. However, there is a fine line between hard bargaining and contractual opportunism. This paper investigates this difference throug... Read More about Contractual opportunism in public procurement practice: the three tests.

Invitation To Gender: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Procurement Language (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Bayyat, A., Kelly, S., & Byrne, A. (2024, March). Invitation To Gender: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Procurement Language. Paper presented at The 33rd Annual International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Global public procurement spend is significant, and in addition to generating value-for-money for taxpayers, it can be used to introduce social change, namely, increasing the number of women-led [sic] businesses who secure competitive public sector c... Read More about Invitation To Gender: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Procurement Language.

Housebuilding procurement approaches: A systematic literature review (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Robertson, A., Kelly, S., Polychronakis, Y., & Sapountzis, S. (2024, March). Housebuilding procurement approaches: A systematic literature review. Paper presented at The 33rd Annual International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Current research within housebuilding procurement is based on project management approaches and theories from the infrastructure construction sector. This research uses a systematic literature review to synthesise research focused on housebuilding pr... Read More about Housebuilding procurement approaches: A systematic literature review.

Additive manufacturing implementation in healthcare systems : a supply chain perspective (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Chaldoupis, K., Polychronakis, Y., & Sapountzis, S. (2024, March). Additive manufacturing implementation in healthcare systems : a supply chain perspective. Paper presented at IPSERA 2024: Emerging Alternatives, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In this study the authors have constructed a conceptual framework by examining the factors influencing AM implementation within the supply chain. Most studies address the potential disruptions of AM in logistics and distribution. Therefore, a study i... Read More about Additive manufacturing implementation in healthcare systems : a supply chain perspective.